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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Muck Pond Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Muck Pond Farms and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Muck Pond Farms:
    • 28.029100, -82.271800
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Muck Pond Farms
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
    • Since Muck Pond Farms is near Pasco County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Muck Pond Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Muck Pond Farms ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • All Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • All Green is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Green
  • American Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • American Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Gardens
  • Cash Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cash Acres is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Acres
  • Clark
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clark is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Cousins Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cousins Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Corner
  • Dickey
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dickey is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Graystone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Graystone is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graystone
  • Green Pastures
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Pastures is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
  • Hickory Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Jess Walden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jess Walden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jess Walden Oaks
  • Jolly Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jolly Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Corner
  • June Bloom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • June Bloom is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June Bloom
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Kennedy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennedy Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Hill
    • Kenny
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Kenny is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
    • Kings Row
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Kings Row is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
    • Kingsway
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Kingsway is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
    • Lake Weeks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lake Weeks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weeks
    • Lee
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Lee is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Mango Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mango Hills is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Hills
    • Parsons Pointe
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Parsons Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Pointe
    • Riverleaf
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverleaf is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverleaf
    • Shady Stables
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Stables is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Stables
    • Shangri La
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Shangri La is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri La
    • Stonelake Ranch
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Stonelake Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake Ranch
    • Stoney Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Stoney Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Creek
    • Straits
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Straits is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
    • Sunny Slopes
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sunny Slopes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
    • Ye Little Wood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ye Little Wood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ye Little Wood

How Far From Muck Pond Farms to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Muck Pond Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Muck Pond Farms and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Muck Pond Farms to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 808 miles [1,300.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Muck Pond Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<3>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Muck Pond Farms to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Muck Pond Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0291, Longitude: -82.2718       In this case, the coordinates for Muck Pond Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.736 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.129 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.815 degrees.